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E. MOORE. COMBINED WIRE STRBTGHER AND STAPLE FULLER.

(No Model.)

Patented June 80, 1885.

INVENTOR WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

N. PETERS, PhdmLiihagr-phur, Wailinflnn, ILO.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELA MOORE, OF WALLA WALLA, WASHINGTON TERRITORY.

COMBINED WlRE-STRETCHER AND STAPLE-FULLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 321,130, dated June 30,1885.

Application filed August 18, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known' that I, ELA MOORE, of Walla WValla, in the county ofl/Valla Walla and Territory of Washington, have invented a new andImproved "Wire-Stretcher and Staple- Puller Combined, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to provide a practical device forstretching the wires in building wire fences, and for pulling thestaples out of old posts in' rebuilding or repairing wire fences; andthe invention consists of the construct-ion, arrangement, andcombination of parts, all as hereinafter de scribed and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention as it appears when applied to apost and wire for stretching the wire, and Fig. 2 is an edge view of thedevice.

A is the main lever of the device. This lever is fulcrumed upon the pina in the slotted fulcrum plate or head B, which is formed with the hookI) at one end for engagement with the post 0, or other stationaryobject. The main lever A is formed at one end with the curved point orhook c for extracting staples from posts, &e., and upon one side thelever A is provided with the stud d and pivoted cam-jaw D, which latteris adapted to grasp the wire E, to be stretched, between the said stud dand the toothed or serrated curved surface 6 of the said jaw D, as shownin Fig. 1. The rear edge of the leverAis notched, as shown at f, withwhich notches the pawl F, pivoted to the fulcrum-head B, is adapted toengage for holding the lever A forward in position for holding the wiretaut v while the staple g is being driven in the post 0, to hold thewire after being stretched.

The fulcrum plate or head B, besides being opposite end with thedepending pawl F, sub- 'or considerable distance, and this curvature ofthe fulcrum-head B also facilitates the application of the device tostationary post 0, as will be understood from Fig. 1.

The head B is provided with a series of holes, a, for the pivot a toadapt the device for grasping posts of different sizes, and the hook I)is notched, as shown at b, to straddle a wireif found necessaryinusingthe stretcher.

Constructed as described,the device is very effective and convenient forstretching wire. and by means of the hook c the main lever A may be usedfor drawing staples, making it unnecessary to carry a separate tool forthat purpose.

Having thus described my invention,l claim as new and desireto securebyLetters Patent- 1. In a device forstretching wire, the handle A, havingteeth f, and clamping lever D, in combination with the fulcrum plate orhead B, made on a curve, and provided at one end with the hook I) and atthe under side of the 75 stantially as set forth.

2. The device herein shown and described, consisting of the main leverA, formed with the hook c and teeth f and provided with the pin (1 andjaw D, in combination with the fulcrum-head B, curved, provided with thepawl F, and formed with the hook I), substantially as set forth.

ELA MOORE.

Witnesses E. B. WHITMAN, G. W. CATON.

